do you think marriage is a religious institution or a state?

Question

and if you think it's a religious one, why is gay marriage illegal?
what happened to separation of church and state?

Answer 1

a marrage is a spiritual institution between two people(usually male and female) and is supported by the church and state for procreation. in ancient times marrage was based on procreation, the production of a male heir. since gay marrages usually don't involve procreation, they are ....frowned upon.

Answer 2

Marriage is both a religious ritual and a state sanctioned institution.

Marriage between men and women, throughout history and in every country, has been encouraged for a variety of social and economic reasons.

Marriage between same sex individuals has never provided sufficient social incentive to a society to be adopted or encouraged, because the primary focus of all societies has been to propagate more citizens and to provide a reasonable way to encourage couples to form and maintain strong family groups that would be loyal to their community or culture.

Although homosexual behavior has existed in all societies, it has generally been considered destructive rather than beneficial to any particular society or civilization.

Indeed every society that has embraced or encouraged such behavior has experienced rather rapid declines to the point that most cease to exist within a relatively short time. Typically, loyalty to a particular society or government has tended to decline as sexual perversions increased, making that culture ripe for overthrow.

John Kennedy said, "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country." That is a typical attitude that every country must adopt for purposes of self preservation. When the focus starts switching from a focus on the good of the whole to self-indulgence of the few, the organization of the culture always starts to fray.

But "gay marriage" is not what is being promoted anyway. It is "same gender" marriage. There is no requirement that anyone be gay in a same gender marriage. Thus, two strait men could marry to get the benefits that have generally been used as incentives by the government to encourage men and women to form family groups that produce and raise children.

The cost benefit ratio will cause the gradual destruction of the culture that has been built. The incentives will be too costly to keep up, meaning that they will go away eventually. When the traditional family groups start to fracture, the loyalty needed to maintain our society will go away too.

Yes, there will be exceptions, but not enough to prevent the fall of our country. There are already many cultures looking to destroy the United States. The conversion and consequences of the loss of vigilance will not be pretty or enjoyable. The gains made for the sake of the self-indulgent few will be short-lived and lead to a tragic end.

Finally, the words "separation of church and state" are no where to to be found in our constituion. The only constitution on earth that ever used that phrase was the constitution of the former Soviet Union. It was a Supreme Court decision that made that phrase so common in our vocabulary.

The first amendment to the US constitution states, "Congress shall make no law

respecting an establishment of religion, or
prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or

abridging the freedom of speech, or
of the press; or

the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

Obviously, we do not abide by the simple interpretation of that amendment that was fought for so hard.

Answer 3

Both.

Gay marriage is illegal because our country has always been governed by people who learned much of their moral beliefs from their religious upbringing -- including Biblical doctrine.

What makes you think that we ever HAD separation of church and state? Besides, separating church and state does NOT mean separating law from morality.

Answer 4

I think marriage is a religious and ethical institution and a means by which to celebrate love and monogamy. If it were completely secular and thus only for legal/breeding purposes, it would be unnecessary.

Answer 5

Love is an institution. Love is blind.
Love is an institution for the blind.

Answer 6

its just a piece of paper with the women changing her last name or hyphenate it